diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js b/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js
index bce76411beea..bae6338e1724 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ['$parse', '$animate', function($parse, $animate) {
             childScope.$first = (index === 0);
             childScope.$last = (index === (arrayLength - 1));
             childScope.$middle = !(childScope.$first || childScope.$last);
-            childScope.$odd = !(childScope.$even = index%2==0);
+            childScope.$odd = !(childScope.$even = (index&1)==0);
 
             if (!block.startNode) {
               linker(childScope, function(clone) {